Monthly Administrative Posting--RILGBT-NEWS
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lgbt/AIDS interest so that people can write letters to the editor if they
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information about other lists, see http://www.qrd.org/qrd/electronic/email/
for pointers to information about many lgbt/AIDS email lists with various
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so that it is useful to the maximum number of local people.

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